Overview

The final exam will be distributed on Monday, 10 May at 5:30 PM. It will be due (via email) by 10:30 PM on Friday, 14 May. In total, the exam should not take more than a few hours to complete.

The questions on this exam will be based on the readings, lectures, and the reading questions for each week. (Indeed, one of the exam questions may even be precisely the same as the reading questions.) The best method of exam preparation will thus be to diligently develop responses to the reading questions while preparing for the discussions, to take good notes during lecture and discussion, and to expand and revise one’s notes after the discussions. Suffice it to say, those students who have kept up throughout the term will not find many surprises. Those who have not may find themselves working more during the exam period than they would like.

Policies and Procedures

All of the standard rules–word counts, tardiness penalties, and formatting guidelines–apply for this exam. You can review those policies here. (This, among other things, means that you should include a bibliography with this exam.) Additionally, please note the following for this final exam:

This is an exam, and I remind you to treat it as such. While I encouraged you to help one another with the essay assignments, I would like you to complete this exam entirely on your own. Please remember that the honor code applies, as always.

I will happily answer clarification questions; but I would like you to develop the substance of your responses on your own.

Please include individual word counts for each answer. Each question has its own word limit and will be scored separately.

Exam Deadline

Lastly, please do not wait until the last minute to submit the exam. I have obliged myself to continue being strict in enforcing the tardiness penalties. I will do so with the exam as well. If you submit the exam more than 24 hours in advance, I commit to confirming its receipt before I go to bed that evening. I will also try to confirm receipt of the exams on an ongoing basis, but I will be away from email periodically. Remember that the closer you come to that deadline, the smaller the margin of error–and the window for redressing such errors!–becomes. If you have any problems and/or doubts, send me a separate email (without attachments) to make inquiries and try to call me (802.458.0633).